Wheel-tire.



H. W. DARE.

'WHEEL TIRE.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 10, 1911,

Patented Sept. 22, 19141 Inventor Attorneys a j It is-the objectofmthepresent inventionto provide an improved tire designedprimarilyz for'useon automobile wheels and to take the ployed on such wheels.

.Wheel-Tire, of

, UNITEDSTATES PA OFFICE- HENRI DARR,- 0F Rnnwms,xnnsns nssrcrron orone-HALF T0 WALTER W.

1 HEROLD, or nnmnwoon, KANSAS.

citizen of the United States, residing atRedwing, in the county ofBarton 'andfS t ate of Kansas, have invented a new and usefulspecification.

place of the ordinary clamping tires em- Thetire. embodying the presentinvention includes, in it s structure, a series of resilient sectionswhich are arcuate in form, and: ar-

. ranged about the rim ofthexwheel and the present/inventioncontemplates that those sections shall be so constructed. as to. overlapinsuchmanner as to prevent their lateral displacement. j I h In theaccompanying*drawlngs Figure 1 is a view part-lyin side :elevation andpartly in longitudinal section through a tire constructed-in accordancew1th the present 1nvention, the rim upon which the tire sections arearranged being also shown. Fig. 2 is a; vertical transversesectionalview through the tireand a portion of the wheel upon which it ismounted. "Fig. 3 is a'se ctional View on thelinel8-3 of Fig. 2. -Fig.'tis a detailed} perspective view of one of the tire sections. Fig. 5 1s aslmllar View of another of the tire sectlons.

. In the drawings,- the numeral. 6 indicates thehub of the wheel uponwhich the tire is arranged, 7 the spokes of the wheel and 8 therim whichis supportedat the-outer ends of the spokes. outer 'clrcumferentialsurface wlth clrcumat one end than at the other end. In as-, semblingthe sections about the rim, the

The rim 8 is formed-in its scribing grooves 9 onelocated near each side-of the rim.

The tire embodying the present invention consists of a series ofsections which are disposed about the rim 8. These sections are clearlyillustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings and each section is formedof re silient metal and is substantially in the form of anopen annulus.Thesections are comparativelynar'row in a. direction circumferentiallyof the tire as a whole and aresmaller smaller end of each section isfitted into the larger end of the next adjacent sectionisoi which thefollowing .isa.

WHEEL-TIRE.

Serial $01,834. 7

Specification Letters Patent. 1 Patented Sept. 22, 1914. 1 Applicationfiled Jan ary. 10,1911.

that the sections, eiiect, I overlap throughout the entire series; Thisarrangement of the sections is clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 ofthe drawings) The sections illustrated' inFig. I4" ofthe drawings areindicated bythe ninneral 10 andth'os'e shown in Fig. 5 by the numeral11,"the sections 10 and 11 beingidentical except thatthose indicated bythe numeral 11 are formed with struck up portions 12 which constituteanti-skiddmg studs. The sections 10 and 11 maybe alternated or, ifdesired, the sections 11 may be every second, third, or fourth one ofthe sections of theentire series. Both the. sections 10 and the sections11 have their ends, indicated by thenumeral 13, bent to'hook shape andin assembling the sectionsabout the rim 8, the hoo-kedfends of theassembled sections are seated in the grooves 9 in the said rim. Clampingrings 14 are then fitted in the hooked ends of the entire number of thesections of the series and the ends of the rings are drawn together bysuitable clamping screws 15 therebycausing the rings to bind the endsof'the sections in the grooves. By so assembling the sections with eachother andwith the rim, the sections are held against lateraldisplacement although the efficiency of the tire as a cushioning elementfor the wheel is in no way impaired. It will be observed furthermorethat the ends of the sections also overlap so that the tire iscontinuous throughout and flexible to the proper degree. i I d Brieflyconsidered, the structure herein disclosed comprises the rim 8 and atire including a plurality of arched members lO-ll disposed transverselyof the rim 8, each arched member being of truncated-cone-like shape, andthe smaller end of each member being inserted into the larger end of anadjoining member, the larger end of each member being exposed to form agripping edge 100, the arched members terminating in hooks 13 which bearupon the rim 8," the hooks of the respective arched members beingoverlapped. A clamping means 14 is provided for engaging thehooks 13.Each hook l3is extended adjacentthe rim 8 and adjacent the smaller endof each member to form a circumferentially projecting foot 101 locateddiagonally with respectto the gripping edge I00 and coacting with therim 8 to form a bracewhich is adapted to limit the tiltingmo vement ofeach inemberecircnmferform and the smaller end of each member beinginserted into thelarger end of an ad jOllllllg memoer, the larger end ofeach mem her being exposedfto form a gripping edge,

the arched members terminating in hooks wh ch bear upon the run, thehooks of the respective members belng overlapped; and

clamping means engagingthe hooks; each Copies bf this patent may beobtained for hook being extended adjacent the rim and adjacent thesmaller end of the correspondi g a ch d member to orm a. cirumferentiallyprojecting foot located diagonally With respect to saidgripping edge and coacting with the rim to form a brace adapted to limitthe tilting movement of each member "circnmferentially of the rim Whenthe gripping edge engages the ground.

.In testimony that I claim the foregoing as' my own, I have heretoafiixed my signature in'the'presence' of tWo Witnesses.

' i HENRY W1 DARR.- i /Vitne'sses: LoUIsHnno o, I

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